Department of Animal Science, UC Davis
HIGHLIGHTS
A PUBLICATION FOR OUR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS
Fall 1995

News Update

Ed Price Reappointed as Chair

After serving as Department Chair for 2 1/2 years, Professor Ed Price has been Reappointed for an additional three-year term ending June 30, 1998. Ed took over as Chair when Professor Eric Bradford retired in January 1993. Ed will continue to teach in his specialty area of animal behavior and pursue his research dealing with the reproductive behavior of large domestic ruminants (cattle, sheep and goats).

Professor Jim Murray will continue to serve as Department Vice-Chair for the next three years as well.

Doroshov Heads Aquaculture and Fisheries Program

In September 1, 1995, Animal Science Professor Serge I. Doroshov assumed the directorship of the campus-based Aquaculture and Fisheries Program (AFP). AFP coordinates the research activities of some 40 faculty in over a dozen departments and five schools at UC Davis. Professor Doroshov brings in-depth knowledge of the technical, academic and political issues affecting the aquaculture and fisheries industries to the AFP.

Professor Doroshov has served on the faculty of the Department of Animal Science and the AFP since 1977. His research expertise focuses on the reproductive and developmental biology of fish. Professor Doroshov is recognized as one of the world's leading authorities on the reproduction of sturgeon, and his efforts in the development of sturgeon hatchery technology and culture have resulted in the establishment of a cultured sturgeon industry in California. He presently supervises the sturgeon broodstock development programs in California, Idaho and Montana. In addition, he is investigating the reproduction of the endangered Delta smelt.

Swine Facility Gets Face-Lift

The deparlment's swine facility is in the process of undergoing a major renovation and face-lift. The barn, built in 1913, is one of the oldest buildings on campus.

An October 1993 review of the animal facilities and programs by the American Association for the Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care indicated that the facility did not meet the subjective criteria for a modern, commercial swine facility. Consequently, the Department, the College and the campus have committed over $150,000 to renovate the facility by replacing the roof and pouring a new concrete floor for the farrowing barn and building 28 new outdoor holding pens covered by permanent shade structures.

The Animal Science swine facility is the only such facility in the UC system; indeed, the only academic research facility for swine in California.

Department-Raised Bull Auctioned at California Cattlemen's Association Convention

For the first time, this year's California Cattlemen's Association (CCA) Convention was marked by the University's donation of a department-raised bull (purebred, breeding-age Angus) to CCA for its annual benefit auction. Proceeds from the auction ($1,700) went to the CCA Livestock Memorial Research Fund to support research of benefit to the cattle industry.


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